Oh my father where are you?
How can I live my life through?
You went away
And Since that day
How can I live my life through?
* * * *

(1)
Your face came to me in my dream
And I wished it wouldn't go
Why does the morning have to come?
Why couldn't my night be slow?
When I woke up you were not here
So then I shouted "Oh No"!!
I want you here with me father
Where are you? I want to know

All I do is drop my tear
And keep wishing you were here
When I’m crying
I keep asking
How can I live my life through?
* * * *

(2)
Oh auntie Zaineb could you please
Bring to me my dear father?
With my tears I kept asking her
And my voice got much louder
Oh people have mercy on me
I am Hussein's young daughter
And how can you people forget
That my grandfather's Haidar

And on top of what I've said
My great grandfather's Ahmed
When I don’t see
Him next to me
How can I live my life through?
* * * *

They came in and they brought with them
What I thought was food for me
"I don’t want food"!! I answered them
My father's the only key
I am Ruqaya the daughter
Of Hussein son of Ali
Uncovered what they had brought me
And my father's Head I see

I closed my eyes with my pain
Oh my dear father Hussein
You heard me say
This every day
How can I live my life through?

By: Ali Jaber Al-Kadhemi

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لطمية: في رثاء الإمام الحسين عليه السلام

We came asking for the father of Sajad and Ali Al Akbar
Where did he lay? Show me the way?
•••

When you went to Karbala who did you see?
About Hussein I ask you then you tell me
Tell me where’s Hussein’s head and his great body?
Find out for me and then tell me, where is he?

From my soul I am asking
Where is his body laying?
Where is he? Please tell me

•••
When you went to Karbala did you see how?
How did the moon of Hashim fall, tell me how?
Usually it’s high in the sky never low
Laying on the ground eyes shot by an arrow

I’ll send my life to his eyes
Surely this is no surprise
Where is he? Please tell me

•••
When you went to Karbala how did you cry?
Were you there when blood came dropping from the sky?
Did you see how Hussein’s head was lifted high?
And instead did you wish if you could just die?

I would sacrifice my head
I wish I could die instead
Where is he? Please tell me